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Is a TV Bundle Revolt Looming?
SV Staff  |  Feb 28, 2018
The inability to select individual channels and being forced to choose among a small selection of overblown bundles with channels you’ll never watch has long been a bugaboo for cable subscribers. And as the Age of Streaming TV hits stride, viewers are overwhelmed and becoming increasingly frustrated with the explosion of viewing options, according to a new study from Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Hub Entertainment Research.
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Is Apple Plotting to End iTunes Music Downloads?
SV Staff  |  May 12, 2016
How long before music subscription services completely overshadow downloading? Sooner than you might think. Digital Music News is reporting that unnamed sources with strong ties to Apple say the tech giant is preparing to abandon iTunes music downloads.
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Is Black Friday Losing Cachet?
SV Staff  |  Nov 02, 2016
RetailNext predicts that Black Friday will not be the biggest shopping day of the rapidly approaching 2016 holiday season.
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Is Cord Cutting Real?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 24, 2018
Analysts can’t seem to make up their minds about cord cutting. We’ve covered loads of studies asserting that viewers are shifting from traditional pay-TV to other viewing options. But some analysts demur, and occasionally we’ve cited them too.
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Is DTV Hot or Not?
 |  Jan 28, 2001

Speaking last week at a meeting of the Association of Local Television Stations (ALTV) in Las Vegas, <A HREF="http://www.ce.org">Consumer Electronics Association</A>'s Gary Shapiro announced that actual unit sales to dealers (not to end consumers) of digital television (DTV) displays and integrated sets reached 648,429 in 2000, surpassing earlier industry estimates and accounting for $1.4 billion. Shapiro says that these figures represent more than 400% growth over 1999 sales. In addition, 36,794 stand-alone set-top receivers were sold to dealers in 2000, says Shapiro.

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Is InfoComm the New CEDIA Expo?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 31, 2018
CEDIA Expo, the annual trade show of the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association, has been steadily shrinking, and its management has been turned over to an outside company. So it’s curious to see InfoComm, the trade show devoted to pro AV, moving into consumer territory.

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Is Internet Radio Doomed?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 19, 2007
The federal government's Copyright Royalty Board refused this week to reconsider an earlier decision to impose a massive rate hike on Internet radio broadcasters starting May 15. Depending on whom you ask, this is either a victory for recording artists or the finally tolling of the bell for net radio.
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Is Iron Man Rusting?
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2008
Iron Man was one of the hottest releases of the fall season, and was supposed to be a coming out party for the triumphant Blu-ray format. Instead, it's turned into a headache for Paramount. In particular, sometimes success is your own worst enemy....
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Is Krell's Papa Dock Politically Incorrect?
SV Staff  |  Jul 10, 2008
Krell is well known as a hardcore audiophile manufacturer. Their amplifiers in particular are the stuff of legend. With the introduction of the Papa Dock, they push the audiophile envelope, and possibly step over the line. The Papa Dock is...
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Is RadioShack on the Block?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 30, 2010
RadioShack, the national electronics retailer that always has that gizmo or adapter you need, may soon be sold to or merged with Best Buy or another large chain, reports the New York Post.
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Is Stream TV Neutral?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 14, 2016
The good news is that Comcast’s new streaming service, Stream TV, does not count its video streams toward the subscriber’s data cap. The bad news...
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Is that UHDTV You're Eyeing Up a Power Hog?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 24, 2016
Ultra HDTVs and associated technologies are the next chapter in video history. But they also use an average of 30 percent more energy than regular HDTVs. According to a report from the National Resources Defense Council, this may add $1 billion to U.S. consumers’ energy bills.
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Is the DTV Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
 |  Nov 29, 1998

The digital-television media bombardment has been a case study in contrasts. Some optimistic reports predict that most households will be DTV-equipped within 10 years, while others cite turf battles between broadcasters, the FCC, and various computer and electronics manufacturers as evidence of the minefield stretching out ahead. A study released this month by <A HREF="http://www.pwcglobal.com">PricewaterhouseCoopers</A> reports that industry executives are also painting dramatically different pictures of the digital future in 2009. In one, consumer technologies are seamlessly interconnected; in the other, television is stalled between analog and digital technology.

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Is the End of Physical Media Near?
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 08, 2023
For adherents of Blu-ray and DVD, the headlines were devastating:

“Disney Is Exiting Physical Media in Australia…”
“Fans Begin Hoarding DVDs and Blu-ray Discs as Disney Stops Selling Them”
“Disney Strikes Major Blow Against Physical Media, Stops DVD & Blu-Ray In Australia”

And this coming just months after Netflix announced that it would end its iconic red-envelope disc delivery service on September 29th.

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Is the FM Radio in Your Phone Turned On?
SV Staff  |  Feb 17, 2017
FM radio in my phone? Are you crazy? In one of those little-know (or at least little discussed) facts, today’s smartphones have an FM receiver built-in. The thing is, the receiver is not activated in most phones. As of last fall, FM was working in only 44 percent of the top-selling smartphones in the U.S.
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